SASKATOON — A 27-year-old woman is in custody after a police pursuit overnight.
Saskatoon police say that at approximately 3:35 a.m. on June 2, officers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle as it travelled in an alley between Avenue J and Avenue I on the city's west side.
The vehicle didn’t stop for police and members of the Air Support Unit (ASU) began monitoring the vehicle from the sky.
ASU continued to monitor the vehicle as is travelled at a high rate of speed on Circle Drive before entering a residential area near 39th Street West. The vehicle eventually stopped and two female passengers exited and were detained shortly after.
A patrol car initiated a high-risk traffic stop on the vehicle, but the vehicle once again began to evade police.
The vehicle continued to evade police and officers were able to successfully deploy a tire deflation device near 29th Street West and Avenue H South. The vehicle eventually came to a stop in the area between 22nd Street West and 23rd Street West near Montreal Avenue. The driver exited the vehicle and began to run away before being arrested shortly after.
When police searched the vehicle, they say they found a taser and a can of bear spray.
The woman has been charged with evading police, dangerous driving, operating a vehicle while being prohibited from doing so, possession of a weapon, and failing to comply with court-imposed conditions.
